Retiring porn star riding into sunset at Wild Horse

Sep. 4, 2008

Adult film star Sunset Thomas is retiring with a residency at the Wild Horse brothel. / publicity photo

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Adult film star Sunset Thomas will be at the Wild Horse Resort and Spa from Sept. 9-22. For more information, call the Wild Horse at 343-1224.

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Adult film star Sunset Thomas says she's retiring from life as a leading lady and prostitute, but not before going out with a bang (pun intended).

In what may be the ultimate in fan-friendly behavior, Thomas, 36, is setting up shop at the Wild Horse Resort & Spa next week, where she plans to finish her days as a working girl. Thomas recently completed "Into the Sunset," a film that she says contains her final pornographic performance. The hook for the movie is that she shot one scene with a fan. That concept, she said, gave her the idea to give more fans the opportunity to get intimate with her. So, she decided to make one final run in the world of legalized prostitution, an industry in which she believes she's broken ground.

"I was the first to actually open that door for an adult star to be with a guy in a brothel," she said. "It was so funny when I first started doing it, the adult business gave me a really hard time. They'd go, 'Oh my god. You're making us look bad. You're making us look like sluts and whores and this and that.' I'm like, 'Hello. They think we're sluts and whores anyway.'"

Eventually, Thomas said, pornographic film producers got comfortable with her exploits in Nevada brothels, and today many stars make stops at the venues. Even so, Wild Horse madam Susan Austin said it's a big deal for someone like Thomas to work at her facility.

"She's world famous," Austin said. "Somebody of her caliber to choose to come to the Wild Horse is wonderful for us anytime."

Thomas said she chose the Wild Horse because she considers it a classier venue than many brothels. The facility, located across from the Mustang Ranch about 8 miles east of Sparks, is a permanent structure with a bar and full-service restaurant.

"It's not like a bunch of trailers," Thomas said. "It's gorgeous. It's beautiful. It's kind of like a resort."

Like all of the women who work the Wild Horse, Thomas will be an independent contractor during her two-week stay. She declined to discuss prices.

"Of course I'm going to charge a little more than the girls that are already out there working," she said, "because I am a big name and I am a fantasy."

While money is key to prostitution, Thomas claims it isn't the cash that keeps her going.

"If you do anything that's just about the money, it's gonna destroy you," she said. "Are you kidding? I love sex. I think it's awesome and, you know, I get paid for it at the same time. It's kind of cool. I mean, I've got bills to pay just like everybody else. I love what I do. I'm just not saying anyone should go out there and do it. I mean you've got to really love it in your heart."

Thomas said she started her career as a runway model but realized she wasn't tall enough to go far in that line of work. Then, she moved to Los Angeles with dreams of a film career. Eventually, she ended up doing a pornographic magazine shoot in Mexico for porn tycoon Larry Flynt.

"I had so much fun to the point where I was like, 'this is what I want to do,'" she said. "Once I got back home, back to Los Angeles, I went and did my first adult movie and I was like, 'Wow. This is what I like.' I'm very sexual as it is and I'd already experienced a lot of stuff in my private life. I was like, 'This is what I want to do.' "» What's wrong with liking sex? It's good for you."

So why retire?

"I've been at it for 17 years," Thomas said. "You can only do it for so long. But it's in my heart. I can't totally get away from it. That's why I'm going to go and do more of the directing and stuff like that."